Email: faculty.union@liuff.net

Stephanie Porcelli, President, LIUFF
Adjunct Professor of Biology
1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11201
president@liuff.net

Herb Sherman, Vice-President, LIUFF
Professor of Management
1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Email: vp@liuff.net

Gary Racz, Secretary, LIUFF
Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literature
1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Email: secretary@liuff.net

Ed Donahue, Grievance Chair, LIUFF
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Email: grievance@liuff.net

Carla G. Zeballos, Treasurer, LIUFF
Adjunct Associate Professor of French and Spanish
1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Email: treasurer@liuff.net

The Executive Committee is comprised of elected representatives and officers of the union.  All standing committees report to the Executive Committee at least once a year, or as needed when issues pertaining to the charge of a particular committee arise.

OFFICERS 2022 – Present

President: Stephanie Porcelli – Biology
Vice-President: Herbert Sherman – Business
Grievance Chair: Ed Donahue – Chemistry
Treasurer: Carla Zeballos – Languages
Secretary: Gary Racz – Languages

Current Executive Committee Members:

Nicolas Agrait
Syed Ali
Cindy Broholm
Matt Brounley
Liz Dalton
Stacey Gatti
Arthur Kimmel
Christopher League
Michael Masaracchio
Deborah Mutnick
Barbara Parisi
Jestin Pieper
Amy Robinson
Ben Saunders

OFFICERS 2022 – 2024

President: Stephanie Porcelli – Biology
Vice-President: Barbara Parisi – Communication Studies
Grievance Chair: Margaret Cuonzo – Philosophy
Treasurer: Carla Zeballos – Languages
Secretary: Ben Saunders – Psychology

OFFICERS 2020 – 2022

President: Maria McGarrity – English
Vice-President: Benjamin Saunders – Psychology
Grievance Chair: Syed Ali – Sociology
Treasurer: Herb Sherman – Management
Secretary: Bakry Elmedni – History

OFFICERS Fall 2019

President: Maria McGarrity – English
Vice-President: Ben Saunders – Psychology
Grievance Chair: Syed Ali – Sociology
Treasurer: Mohammed Ghriga – Computer Science
Secretary: Stacey Horstmann Gatti – History

OFFICERS 2018-2019

President: Emily Drabinski – Library
Vice-President: Maria McGarrity – English
Grievance Chair: Kathryn Krase – Social Work
Treasurer: Mohammed Ghriga – Computer Science
Secretary: Stacey Horstmann Gatti – History

OFFICERS 2016-2018

President: Jessica Rosenberg -Social Work
Vice-President: Ralph Engelman -Journalism
Grievance Chair: Melissa Antinori -English
Treasurer: Mohammed Ghriga -Computer Science
Secretary: Emily Drabinski -Library

OFFICERS 2014-2016

President: Jessica Rosenberg -Social Work
Vice-President: Ralph Engelman -Journalism
Grievance Chair: Melissa Antinori -English
Treasurer: Mohammed Ghriga -Computer Science
Secretary: Emily Drabinski -Library

In addition to the officers, executive committee members are elected bi-annually on alternate years to assist in decision making and to advise on the implementation of the collective bargaining agreement.

LIUFF History

• 1967 – Board of Trustees announces plans to sell the real estate of the Brooklyn Campus.  Faculty demonstrations block the Brooklyn Bridge.  New York State and New York City step in to end strike, the real estate deal is killed
• 1971 – LIUFF Established by secret ballot under the supervision of the NLRB
• 1972 – First Collective Bargaining Agreement signed
  • First collectively bargained contract for faculty in a private university in the nation
  • Defined tenure as being held in the University, still unique and beyond AAUP requirements that tenure is held only in a department.
• June 1, 1974 –

The Faculty Federation (LIUFF) is the union representing both full-time and adjunct faculty at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus and its extension campuses. LIUFF is celebrating its 47th anniversary in 2016. LIUFF was established during a faculty struggle to save the Brooklyn Campus from extinction. The union as a collective bargaining unit was established officially in 1971, after an NLRB-directed election, as a chapter of the United Federation of College Teachers (local 1460, AFT/AFL-CIO). The first collective bargaining agreement was signed on May 31, 1972. At the time, there were